That’s a new one on me. I’ve got a couple of those mounts. Never had that happen before. Looking around I’ve come to the conclusion that Leapers, Hammers, Air Venturi, CenterPoint and the like just buy those mounts from some Chinese manufacturer. They all look like the same product to me. Hopefully you will get a good one for a replacement.
Did you try rotating the scope or flipping it end for end to confirm that it wasn't the scope tube?
That is insane for a 1 piece mount! Looks like they grabbed a defective mold out of the junk/defect pile and put it in service.Hey,.... it could be a new drooper mount design?,.... with the rear sitting higher and all. Just tossin it out there.
Bummer Deeco! I have UTG stuff like scopes, rings, bipods, etc. and they've all been pretty good up until seeing your photos, yikes. It will be very interesting to hear UTG's response, and best of luck to you.
LOL.... that ain't the issue... the front ring and the rear ring are different sizes.
Deeco has said before that he is a lemon magnet. I believe it now. That's bizarre.
That is obviously a 1” mount.Probably it’s a return—unscrupulous original buyer replaced it with a 1” version, or it could be that the 1” mount was put inside that 30mm package by a sleepy individual.There should be telltale signs that the item/package has been adulterated.Must be your photo, but the package looks old and scratched up.